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Peer to Peer Training

Peer to Peer Training. School Wellness Policies Engaging Stakeholders – November 2009 Mickey Belosi, CFCS School Wellness Consultant mbelosi@healthykidsmo.org. MCSHC and MFH School Wellness Pilot Project. Southern Boone County Columbia Salem Kennett Lafayette County Santa Fe

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Peer to Peer Training

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  1. Peer to Peer Training School Wellness Policies Engaging Stakeholders – November 2009 Mickey Belosi, CFCS School Wellness Consultant mbelosi@healthykidsmo.org

  2. MCSHC and MFH School Wellness Pilot Project Southern Boone County Columbia Salem Kennett Lafayette County Santa Fe Lexington St. James Bolivar Ralls County Moberly Southern Reynolds Ferguson Florissant Marshfield Montgomery County

  3. School Wellness Inventory – Evaluation • Committee • Involvement with other district committees • Designated Leader • Membership • Monitoring implementation • Measures for success • Revenue, meal participation, changes • Fitness, behavior, test scores

  4. School Wellness Inventory – Parental Involvement • Wellness policies available and accessible • Actively inform families • Collect data from families • Include families in data gathering • Involve in planning wellness activities • Provides resources • Offer programs • Reached out to larger community • Involve in other school-linked activities

  5. Action For Healthy Kids http://a4hk.org/special_exclusive.php

  6. Who is most important at school? • Board Member • Superintendent • Administrators • Faculty • Staff • Nurse • Custodian • Parent • Student

  7. “Progress or Promises”? AFHK School administrators by far are the best positioned to move local school wellness forward, according to survey respondents. Parents and other caregivers come in second, with school board members close behind PARENTS ADVOCATING FOR SCHOOL WELLNESS A toolkit of resources to help recruit, train and support parents and other caring adults to enhance school wellness in underserved communities

  8. “Progress or Promises”? : AFHK • “The catalyst for improving school wellness is leadership. Whether it’s a superintendent, a principal, a motivated school board member, an active and interested parent, or all of the above , school wellness has to start with one committed individual or constituency.” • David Satcher, MD, PhD 16th U. S. Surgeon General and founding Chair of Action for Healthy Kids.

  9. Possible stakeholders • Athletic directors • Teachers • Food Service Staff • Parents • Principals • PTO/PTA • Students • Superintendents • Community members • School board members • School health/wellness councils California Project Lean – Policy in Action

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